Hair-curling iron or tongs.



PATENTED MAY 14, 19-07; A'. E. GILBERT & V. A. PHOEBUS.

Inventors JdaEGz'lbefI/A By their Attorney Vilymzaflplzoebus. MW

HAIR OURLING IRON 0R TONGS. APPLIOATIONII'ILED MA Y 1B, 1 90 6.

H I llllllllllilm Witnesses: I

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ADA E. GILBERT, OF BROOKLYN, AND VIRGINIA A. PHOEBUS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAlR-CURLING IRON OR TONGS- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application filed May 16,1906. Serial No, 317,202.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, AjnA- E. GILBERT and VIRGINIA A. PHOEBUS, citizens of the United States, and residing, respectively, at 678 Marcy avenue, Brooklyn borough, county of Kings, and 233 West Seventy-first street, Manhattan borough, county of New York, in the city of New York, N. Y., have invented a new and useful Hair-Curling Iron or Tongs, of which the following is a specification. Our invention relates to improvements in hair curling tongs, the objects attained by it being (1) to wave straight hair in a symmetrical manner so as to cause the wave to ap pear natural and (2) to economize time in accomplishing such waving. WVe attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a top view of the completed tongs, as they would appear when lying on a horizontal surface; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bifurcated member of the tongs,

partly turned over so as to show the bifurcation Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the blademember of the tongs, turned so as to show the flat portion of the blade, Fig. i is a crosssection of the tongs when closed, showing the cross-section of the bifurcated member with the cross-section of the blade engaged in the bifurcation; Fig. 5 is a top view of the tongs (without showing handle) as it would appear when both fingers of the bifurcated member are placed on a horizontal surface with the tongs closed.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The tongs consists of two members, working together on a pivot at P, as shown in Fig. 1; the bifurcated member consists of a handle H (whichmay be covered with wood or other material nonconductive of heat) which forks into'two flat parts O O through which pivot P passes, and to these portions C C are rigidly attached two fingers A A, all the parts of said bifurcated member being rigidly fastened together, or constructed in one piece of brass, iron or other metal the other member of the tongs, called the blade-member consists of a handle II (which may be covered with wood or other material nonconductive of heat), a flat portion O through which passes the pivot P and a thin flat blade B, such blade being of the same cross-section throughout, viz., as shown in Fig. 4, the por tion of said blade, 6, which engages on closing the tongs between the fingers A A, being triangular in section throughout the length of the blade, all of the parts of said blade-merr1- her being rigidly fastened together or made in one piece of similar material to that of which the other member is composed the pivot P passes through the flat portions O O and O of the members, holding them together and allowing the members to be opened and closed by approaching or separating the handles.

The tongs are used by heating the blade B and fingers A A opening the tongs, placing a lock of hair between the blade and the fingers, the blade being underneath the lock of hair and the fingers above it, then closing the tongs so as to press the hair between the fingers of the bifurcated member and the blade of the other member, holding the closed tongs in the hand, tongs are turned from right to left, drawing the hair diagonally around the left finger, and then the tongs are turned from left to right drawing the hair diagonally in the opposite direction around the right finger of the tongs, the tongs are then opened and withdrawn from the hair, the result produced being one symmetrical natural looking wave. The operation is repeated at discretion of operator, producing waves farther or closer apart as may be required.

The particular distinguishing feature of our improved curling tongsresides in the peculiar structure and arrangement of the members thereof, the flat blade B, having the edge 0 which presses the hair in tapering or triangular shape between the cylindrical fingers, producing a sharp indentation in the lock of hair from which a symmetrical wave rolls out evenly on each side, the construction aforesaid enabling a diagonal direction to be given the waves on each side, as hereinbefore explained.

We claim:

Tongs for producing waves in hair, the same comprising a pair of pivotal members, one member being bifurcated and the other enter between. said parallel 'lil'lgelis, and. 11011 etmd'ueting handles for said members.

ADA E GI IJBERVI.

VIRGlNlA 1L PHOEBUS.

01' inteiiimediete mcunber being straddled] thereby together with 'pm'ellel, separated, eylinclrieztl lingers extei'lcling respectively from the lOifLl'I'OlLllG portions of said. first nelned .1 me] nber, and e flat blade extending fron'i said intermediate n'ieniber, said. flat blade having a V-shaped edge adapted to Witnesses; I

ADA S. PRATT, M. A. PIIILLlPS. 

